Snow White

It is about a miscarriage of a child named Snow White.

Tiny Perfection

 

The glass spots your name

Purple to blue, count toes

tucked under blanket

Self laying in the apple's basket

Lullaby won't be throttled over babe's lips

she won't ever be held in Mr. Priest's hands 

Baby Snow of presto skin, lips, and hair

And babe shuffled into a womb, not of human mother's

Bail now on god's caring fingernails

To be scraped under coffin's skin

Where you shall see darkness

And, unlike the fairytale, will be in its armpitt

Overcome with stench-less death

Romance and freedom was not given by a prince

The step-mother did not give you the apple

It was only darkness and dark matter

The apple's bitten will always remain in stubborn throat

May stars grace you with welcome

And not as a helpless sacrifice

But as a spirit, burdens sliding off you

And into night's friendliness

Unto her cloak where heaven should lie

Into Sun's lap, laughing at simplicity

To meet seven dwarfs, all different and shining

And far into family's heart

A perfection resting peacefully

 

 

 

Author's Note

Hello, this is a poem for a lost cousin, dead by miscarriage. It was very much inspired by Plath, and I might have taken something from her about the night. Sorry 'bout that. So, I hope you like it, and that it isn't too haunting...

Reviews

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Wow that was really moving. You are a good writer and this really really moved me. Babies touch poeples hearts, dead or alive!

Sorry for the loss

[Stephanotis]

This is a really moving poem. With the line about purple and blue toes, I felt a chill, and it kept with me until the end. There are a lot of ways to read this poem, and the reading I got was about a family lamenting a dead child and the magic that child would have experienced in life. The love that human beings have for one another, even for humans who haven't even been born yet, goes to show that people are basically good. Because of that love, even babies who never live touch the lives of others.

I'm sorry about your cousin. My thoughts go out to your family.

[Levin Ferdinand]

I think it was okay, but thanks anyways. I still want to find my unique style...

[Cherie Paregrine Isis]

Oh my f*****g cheeses!Levin!you pulled some tears out of my eyes!you struck me deeply,shall i say.Its really good,there's detail and pictures are seen,as well a emotion!